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A Garden Under Preparation in America's North Coast

The so called "Growing Season" has just started in Northern
part of the United States. Being a short season (Typically the growing season
here ends in August end), the seeds are started indoors during late winter and
saplings are planted. In Gardens such as this in Hudson Ohio, the soil is generally prepared in
advance and all the weeds are removed. So, how the plants will grow depends
mostly on how the garden is tended during the summer months than the Sower in
ancient Palestine would have encountered. Reflecting on the bible passage this
week, it occurs to me that the condition of the gardening process in North Coast
vs. the planting in Palestine in Jesus' time provide us a glimpse of the
condition of the church in the respective period too. A curbside evangelism may
resemble the Parable of the Soils given by Jesus. Well organized Gospel
conventions held these days will resemble the garden preparation in America's
North Coast.

The Parable of the Sower (also known as the Parable of the Four Soils) is found
in Matthew 13:3-9; Mark 4:2-9; and Luke 8:4-8. After presenting this parable to
the multitude, Jesus interprets it for His disciples in Matthew 13:18-23; Mark
4:13-20; and Luke 8:11-15. ...